Strong H4233מַחֲוִים
Mahavite
- Transliteration
- machăvîym
- Pronunciation
- makh-av-eem'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense
Definition
Apparently a {patrial} but from an unknown place (in the plural only for a singular); a Machavite or inhabitant of some place named Machaveh: - Mahavite.
Meaning of the name
Mahavite = "propagators"
Detailed definition
People descended from Mahav(?), only mentioned at 1Ch.11.46
In the biblical story
Mahavites
One of David's mighty men, possibly from Mahavim.
The Mahavites were represented among David's mighty men (1Ch.11.46).
In the Bible
Strong H4233 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- mahavite1
First verses
- 1 Chronicles 11:46Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,